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Submission + - The Switch To Microservices -- And Why You Might Not Succeed

snydeq writes: Using a microservices approach to application development can improve resilience and expedite time to market, but breaking apps into fine-grained services offers complications, writes Adam Bertram, in an article on the benefits and hurdles to adopting microservices. 'Microservices is on the verge of going mainstream, as 36 percent of enterprises surveyed by Nginx are currently using microservices, with another 26 percent in the research phase. But what exactly is microservices architecture, and is it right for your organization’s culture, skills, and needs? Here we take a look at seven reasons you should consider microservices for your next application development project — and five hurdles you’ll have to clear to be successful.' What cautions do you have to offer for folks considering tapping microservices for their next application?

Comment He's No Security Researcher (Score 5, Insightful) 101

First, he's not a security researcher; calling him that gives him an air of credibility he DOES NOT deserve. He's a sleazy typosquatter giving himself the title of "researcher" to gain a veneer of respectability. I am the risk manager for an organization hit by this guy; his intent is made perfectly clear in the extortion snail-mail he sends his victims: I have your mail, pay me what I ask or I go public. He might wrap it up in a "i'm just an unsolicited security researcher trying to help you", but any attempts to discuss the "vulnerability" with him (the "vulnerability" being that my company didn't register every possible misspelling of our trademarks across all possible TLD's), he will refuse to do so until we signed a consulting contract with him.

Complete scumbag who abuses the system for his own benefit. He started this scam going after smaller companies with no InfoSec staff or Risk Managers, offering to settle for $295; once that worked a couple of times, he moved up to mid-sized companies, provincial government assets, international law firms, banks, and finally the big boys like Lockheed Martin. While he may have succeeded on some of the smaller companies, every bigger organization saw through his scam and either passively ignored his demands or is suing him into oblivion.

He is not welcome in the information security or information risk management communities as long as persists in this behaviour. HDMoore at Attrition.org has has been acting as a clearinghouse for this dude's activities; one read-through and you'll understand that Kenzie has unclean hands.

This guy is a Sith and does not deserve your empathy. When justice is meted out, he will never work in IT again.

Submission + - IP Lawfirm sues security researcher (jdjournal.com)

scottbee writes: A major New York intellectual property lawfirm has filed a $1m lawsuit against domain squatter/security researcher Wesley Kenzie (aka Securikai). Kenzie registered domain names to collect misaddressed email, and then holding companies to ransom claiming he had found security vulnerabilities and would consult for five figure engagements. Lockheed Martin handled it with a simple UDRP http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/1437907, but the Gioconda Law Group decided instead to file a lawsuit for "cybersquatting, trademark infringement and unlawful interception of a law firm’s private electronic communications in violation of federal laws", along with a permanent injunction.
Kenzie had also tried the same tactic against Rapid7's HDMoore, but was shamed out of the domain names earlier this year. http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/watch_list/securikai/

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